Comments on: Sucking with Socialism http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/sucking-with-socialism/ Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: craig http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/sucking-with-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-5184 craig Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:57:29 +0000 http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/?p=4982#comment-5184 OK the reason for the La La La's? This song originally had words and was an ordinary song. The song itself was a narrative about a cowboy riding a horse to his farm. But the Soviet Artistic Council censored almost all of the song text due to its unsoviet nature. Cowboy and farm were especially criticized. The word cowboy brought to mind associations with saloons and showdowns, and the word farm was controversial because all private, incollective forms of agriculture were prohibited in the Soviet Union. The Commission's verdict was to rewrite the entire song. This created several problems. First, it would take a significant amount of time to rewrite the text and have it approved. There was another problem: other singers were pretending to be the first performers of the song. With no time to spare, Khil suggested singing the song without words, instead vocalizing tro-lo-lo and tra-la-la. This seemed like a good idea as there was nothing controversial or punishable for such a performance. <b>So once again, Socialism not only sucked the life out of arts, it also forced censorship upon it...<b> OK the reason for the La La La’s?

This song originally had words and was an ordinary song. The song itself was a narrative about a cowboy riding a horse to his farm.

But the Soviet Artistic Council censored almost all of the song text due to its unsoviet nature. Cowboy and farm were especially criticized. The word cowboy brought to mind associations with saloons and showdowns, and the word farm was controversial because all private, incollective forms of agriculture were prohibited in the Soviet Union. The Commission’s verdict was to rewrite the entire song. This created several problems. First, it would take a significant amount of time to rewrite the text and have it approved. There was another problem: other singers were pretending to be the first performers of the song. With no time to spare, Khil suggested singing the song without words, instead vocalizing tro-lo-lo and tra-la-la. This seemed like a good idea as there was nothing controversial or punishable for such a performance.

So once again, Socialism not only sucked the life out of arts, it also forced censorship upon it…

]]> By: craig http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/sucking-with-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 craig Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:05:41 +0000 http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/?p=4982#comment-1010 I don't what would've been worse, watching this on a black and white flicking Ekran TV or wiping my buttock with year old copies of Pravda. I don’t what would’ve been worse, watching this on a black and white flicking Ekran TV or wiping my buttock with year old copies of Pravda.

]]> By: John Cronin http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/sucking-with-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-973 John Cronin Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:53:31 +0000 http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/?p=4982#comment-973 Say what you will about the melody....the lyrics were catchy. Say what you will about the melody….the lyrics were catchy.

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